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Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 24, 2009 - Century Casinos, Inc. (NASDAQ Capital Market® and Vienna Stock Exchange: CNTY) announced today that its Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, will be home to the new Edmonton location of Mark Breslin's Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club, the world's largest chain of comedy clubs.
Pursuant to a five year agreement, the Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club is expected to open during the second quarter of 2009 adjacent to the gaming floor of the Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton and will compliment the total entertainment experience the guests already enjoy at the casino.
Mark Breslin's Yuk Yuk's has been entertaining people for over 30 years and is considered Canada's national stand-up comedy chain with 15 clubs from coast to coast. Comedy stars that have graced the Yuk Yuk's stage over the years include Jim Carrey, Dan Aykroyd, and Norm Macdonald.
For further information about the Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton and the Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club please visit the websites under http://www.cnty.com/casinos/edmonton/casino/ and http://www.yukyuks.com, respectively.
About Century Casinos, Inc.:
Century Casinos, Inc. is an international casino entertainment company that owns and operates the Womacks Casino and Hotel in Cripple Creek, Colorado, the Century Casino & Hotel in Central City, Colorado, and the Century Casino & Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Company also operates casinos aboard the Silver Cloud and the vessels of Oceania Cruises and has an agreement to operate the casinos on all vessels (estimated to be three) put into service by TUI Cruises before December 31, 2012. Through its subsidiary Century Casinos Africa (Pty) Limited, it owns and operates The Caledon Hotel, Spa & Casino near Cape Town, South Africa, as well as 60% of, and provides technical casino services to, Century Casino Newcastle, in Newcastle, South Africa. Furthermore, the Company's Austrian subsidiary, Century Casinos Europe GmbH, holds a 33.3% ownership interest in Casinos Poland Ltd, the owner and operator of seven full casinos and one slot casino in Poland. The Company continues to pursue other international projects in various stages of development.
For more information about Century Casinos, visit our website at www.centurycasinos.com. Century Casinos' common stock trades on The NASDAQ Capital Market® and the Vienna Stock Exchange under the symbol CNTY.
This release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of Century Casinos based on information currently available to management. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the closing of our sale of Century Casinos Africa, progress at and plans for our casinos, gaming, the impact of improvements at our properties, the impact of the Colorado law banning smoking in casinos and impact of economic downturn. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements include, among others, the risks described in the sections entitled "Risk Factors" under Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2009. Century Casinos disclaims any obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by it or on its behalf.
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